For veterans, VA hospitals and clinics are still open, but you may not get your education and rehabilitation benefits right away because the Veterans Benefits Administration will be unable to process them.

As for Social Security, the checks will still go out, but a reduced staff means you probably can't get much help replacing benefit cards.

You will still get mail because the U.S. Postal Service is self-funded.

Back at the fort, tourists like the Martin family are left to only take photos from the outside.